Reno, Nevada, USA: City and business leaders are marketing the city as a geothermal centre for industrial activities, corporate offices, and research facilities

Perth, Australia: Aims to be the very first geothermally-cooled city, with commercial geothermal-powered air-conditioning units.

Xianyang, China: Recently deemed “China’s Official Geothermal City,” helping China meet its goal of 16% of energy use from renewables by 2020.

Madrid, Spain: Six renewable energy projects are underway, one of which is a 8-MW geothermal district heating project.

Masdar City, Abu Dhabi: The city’s goal is to function 100% on renewable energy, half of it from geothermal resources.

Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA: Geothermal has been used for space heating since the turn of the 20th century, and is now has a variety of uses including heating homes, schools, businesses, swimming pools, and for snow-melt systems for sidewalks and roads.

Boise, Idaho, USA: The Boise Public Works Department has the largest, direct use, geothermal system in the United States.